Category: Rejection Letters
Posted on August 12, 2015
by Aeryn Rudel
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Rejectomancy Points + 10 (What’s this?) Imagine, if you will, a writer of dubious talent opening his email and finding a subject line that looks something like this: RE [Awesome Stories of Awesomeness] Aeryn’s Awesome Story. The author sees this email and thinks, “Great, another… Continue Reading “Rejection Letter Rundown: The Acceptance Letter”
Posted on July 24, 2015
by Aeryn Rudel
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Ah, the personal rejection letter, that faint beacon of hope in the black abyss of form rejection hell. The personal rejection letter includes a small note from the editor, in his or her own words, that is positive or encouraging. It’s more sincere than a… Continue Reading “Rejection Letter Rundown: The Personal Rejection”
Posted on July 13, 2015
by Aeryn Rudel
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Welcome to the next installment of Rejection Letter Rundown. Today, I’m covering that first baby step forward on the path of rejectomancy, the improved form rejection. If you’d like to catch up and read the first post in this series, click here. At first… Continue Reading “Rejection Letter Rundown: The Improved Form Rejection”
Posted on July 7, 2015
by Aeryn Rudel
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Rejection Letters – An Introduction to Disappointment If you are going to send out your work to genre magazines, webzines, and book publishers, you are going to get rejection letters, probably a lot of them. It is vitally important you understand this is both… Continue Reading “Rejection Letter Rundown: The Common Form Rejection”